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Building A New Kind Of MMO Aint Like Dustin’ Crops

I don’t know. Dusting crops sounds kind of like hard work to me. I mean, what is the “dust” anyway? Is it okay to breathe it? Or maybe crop dust can be a source of zombie plague…

In any case, we’d sure rather be making games than dusting crops, differences in difficulty notwithstanding.

We’ve been very busy this spring getting the financing for our studio lined up and refining the core game design. The good news is that we are almost across the finish line, and we’ll soon be able to announce our partner and start giving you more details on the design and development of the world’s first MMOZ.

It’s going to be an exciting summer at Undead Labs. Thanks for your patience, and stay tuned.

Jeff

Kill Ten Zombies

Kill Ten Rats’ Ravious sent Jeff a list of questions about Undead Labs, zombies, MMOs, sunshine, and a hardball question about the imminent threat of velociraptors. Head over to the Kill Ten Rats blog and read the full interview.

You can watch an excellent movie like Land of the Lost and leave the theater thinking, “Man, that could really happen!” whereas with mediocre, unrealistic movies like 28 Days Later you leave thinking, “Bioengineered viruses that don’t work exactly as planned. What a complete joke.”

Zed Faire

After we watched Zombieland for the fifth time (yeah, I’m serious), we had to add a new question to our post-movie-beer table discussion. Standing questions include, “If the zombie apocalypse started right now, where would you go first?” and, “What part of the world would be the best place to wait it all out?” After seeing the final battle at Pacific Playland, the new question is, “What is the most epic place you can think of for a final zombie showdown?”

I’ve got my answer.

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G4 Interview With Jeff

G4’s Stephen Johnson gave Undead Labs’ Jeff Strain a call this week to talk about the new studio, and more importantly, how an MMOZ might actually play.

G4: I hope there’s no actual zombie apocalypse between now and [release].
Strain: Well, it would be good source material wouldn’t it?

Check out the full interview on the G4 website.

An Interview With Develop Magazine

In addition to their coverage of today’s announcement, Develop Magazine’s Rob Crossley spent some time with Jeff this weekend to get more details on the formation of Undead Labs. Since Develop Magazine is aimed at game industry types, the questions covered some new territory. Check out the interview with Rob.